Improvement in bottle-cleaners



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Bottle-Cleaners.

Patented Dec. 22, 1874.

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JOHN R. SMITH, OF SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI.

IMPROVEMENT IN BOTTLE-CLEANERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 158,14l, datedDecember22, 1874; application filed November 5, 1874.

To all whom it may concern:

Beit known that I, JOHN R. SMITH, of the city of Springfield, in thecounty of Greene and State of Missouri, have invented certain new anduseful Improvements in Bottle-Oleaners; and I do hereby declare that thefollowing is a full, clear, and exact description thereof, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings and to the letters of referencemarked thereon, which form part of this specification.

The nature of my invention consists in the construction and arrangementof a bottlecleaner, as will be hereinafter more fully set forth.

In order to enable others skilled in the art to which my inventionappertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsconstruction and operation, referring to the annexed drawing, in which-Figure 1 is a front View of my machine, showing a bristle brush thereon.Fig. 2 is a side View of the same, showing a sponge brush attachedthereto. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the pump of the machine, andFig. 4 shows a shot brush to be used with the machine.

A represents a box, of any suitable dimensions, open at the front andsides, and from this box extends a standard, B, provided with two arms,O O1, extending forward over the box, and one arm, G2, extending towardthe rear. On a stud at the front end of the arm O is mounted acog-wheel, D, provided with handle E. This cog-wheel D gears with apinion, a, securedupon a vertical hollow shaft or tube, b, which passesthrough the arm O1 as its upper bearing, and through the top of the boxA as its lower bearing. On the lower end of the hollow shaft 1)withinthe box A, is fastened a wide cog-wheel, G, into which meshes a similarwheel, G', this latter being provided with journals having theirbearings in the top and bottom of the box A. In the bottom of this boxis a groove, d, which extends from behind the point where the two wheelsgear together to the hollow centerof the wheel G.

With this machine different kinds of brushes are used. The shot brush ismade by doubling bristles f, and inserting the doubled part into holesmade in shot e of proper size, and mashing the shot on the bristle; thentaking several such prepared shotted bristles and fastening them to awire spring, I, in such a manner as to form a brush. This brush isintended for very dirty bottles. The sponge brush is made by a piece ofsponge, h, fastened to the end of the'wire I, and is used with soap foroily bottles. The bristle brush is made by fastening bristles m in aturn at the end of the wire, or otherwise, to form a brush, and is usedfor ordinary cleaning. The wire I is made of spring-wire, so that thebrushes may press against the sides, top, and bottom of the bottle. Thewire is made in the form of a coil, which is placed over the upper endof the tube b, and on the lower end of the wire is formed acatch, c', toslip in a hole in theside of the tube, and thereby fastening the brushon the tube.

The machine is fastened to a table or other support by means of screwspassing through the arm G2, the box A, with its cog-wheels, forming thepump, being submerged in water. One ofthe brushes is then fastened onthe upper end of the tube b, as above described. Now, take a bottle inthe left hand, invert it, and insert the brush till it reaches thebottom of the bottle. Take hold of the handle E with the right hand andturn to the right. The cogs of the pump, by being turned to revolve asabove, carry themselves full of water till they mesh together, therebyemptying themselves of the water. The water being forced out of thecogs, and prevented from returning by the fitting of the top, back, andbottom of the box to the cog-wheels, is forced under the wheel G throughthe groove d, and necessarily thrown up through the tube b against thebottom of the bottle with force, causing it to come in contact with allparts of the bottle. The brushes, while revolving, touch and brush orrub all parts of the bottle. After being brushed sufficiently, removethe bottle while the machine is in motion, and the jet of waterthoroughly rinses the bottle.

When it is desired to brush the inside of the bottle Without usingwater, as may be often i necessary, adjust the bottle, and reverse themotion of the machine, and it will clean without washing.

H is a pan attached to the arm G1, for carrying off the dirty Water.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, anddesire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the cog-wheels G Gf, box A, with channel d, thehollow revolving shaft b, and a brush attached thereto, substantially asand for the purposes herein set forth.

2. The combination of the revolving shaft b, spring-wire I, formed witha coil, as described, and provided with the catch t' at its lower end,and a brush, sponge, or their equivalents, at its upper end, allsubstantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own I have afhxed mysignature in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN R. sMITH. Witnesses:

FRANK H. WARREN, FELIX R. PORTER.

